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Basic Logic Gates: © Alan T. Pinck / Algonquin College 2003

The document discusses the four basic logic gates: AND, OR, XOR, and NOT. It explains what each logic gate does and how binary input and output signals work. Logic gates are the basic building blocks of digital computers and accept binary inputs to produce binary outputs.

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Basic Logic Gates: © Alan T. Pinck / Algonquin College 2003

The document discusses the four basic logic gates: AND, OR, XOR, and NOT. It explains what each logic gate does and how binary input and output signals work. Logic gates are the basic building blocks of digital computers and accept binary inputs to produce binary outputs.

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Basic Logic Gates

Alan T. Pinck / Algonquin College; 2003

Logic Gates
Goal:
To understand how digital a computer can
work, at the lowest level.
To understand what is possible and the
limitations of what is possible for a digital
computer.

Logic Gates
All digital computers for the past 50 years have
been constructed using the same type of
components.
These components are called logic gates.
Logic gates have been implemented in many
different ways.
Currently, logic gates are most commonly
implemented using electronic VLSI transistor
logic.

Logic Gates
All basic logic gates have the ability to
accept either one or two input signals
(depending upon the type of gate) and
generate one output signal.

Logic Gates
Input and Output signals are binary.

binary:

always in one of two possible states;


typically treated as:
On / Off (electrically)
1 / 0
True / False

There is a delay between when a change happens


at a logic gates inputs and when the output
changes, called gate switching time.
The True or False view is most useful for thinking
about the meaning of the basic logic gates.

Logic Gates
The four basic logic gates are:

AND
OR
XOR
NOT

Each of these gates may be drawn in either

A generic form; or
An electrical engineering form (more common in text
books)

Logic Gates : AND

The Output signal from an AND gate is True (on, 1)


if and only if both Input signals are True (on, 1).
The Output signal from an AND gate is False (off,
0), otherwise.

Logic Gates : OR

The Output signal from an OR gate is True (on, 1) if


either, or both, Input signals are True (on, 1).
The Output signal from an OR gate is False (off, 0)
if and only if both Input signals are False (off, 0).

Logic Gates : XOR

The Output from an XOR (exclusive or) is True


(on, 1) if and only if the Input signals are different.
The Output from an XOR is False if the Input
signals are either both True or both False.

Logic Gates : NOT

The Output signal from a NOT gate is True (on, 1)


if and only if the Input signal is False.
The Output signal from a NOT gate is False (off,
0) if and only if the Input signal is True.

Logic Gates : NOT combined


with other gates
Note that in the classic: electronic engineering
form, it is really the bubble that indicates the
NOT activity.

Logic Gates : Analysis of Circuit


with Feedback

Logic Gates : Summary


Truth Tables

0 = False = off
1 = True = on

End of Lecture

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